January Daily Challenge
A self portrait every day!
Starting in 2024, I started a new challenge: a self portrait every day for the month of January. The challenge is to limit the number of minutes I spend on it according to the date.
January 1 = 1 minutes
January 2 = 2 minutes
January 3 = 3 minutes
All the way until January 31 for 31 minutes.
The sketchbook I use is small, pocket-sized, but this year I’m trying the Seawhite Concertina Sketchbook in A5. The sketchbook that I used in 2024 was a concertina and I’m looking forward to that format again in 2026.
In 2025, I used a pocket sized MD Paper notebook. I definitely saw some growth from the previous year. It takes time feeling comfortable about staring at yourself in the mirror but it also challenged me to look at myself a little more deeply, and from different angles and lighting.
If you want to join the challenge, you can! Feel free to share -or not- and you’re welcome to change the subject matter. Make it the same view out of a window, a pet, a loved one, but I would make sure it’s something that you can draw consistently, every day for the allotted time.
I’m also going to be getting a physical timer for myself. I’ve relied on my iPhone the past two years and I forgot or ran over the time limit a few times.
I’ll put up another post once I get my new materials and as I prepare for the challenge.
2024 Self-Portrait Art Challenge sketchbook tour (TikTok)
2025 Self-Portrait Art Challenge sketchbook tour (TikTok)
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